Transients Charged With Beating, Murder Of Stamford Man
Jimmy DeCrescenzo, 50, made a lot of friends in the years he worked at the laundromat on Stillwater Avenue. His murder in the predawn hours of June 26 left his friends stunned and saddened.
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Jimmy DeCrescenzo, 50, made a lot of friends in the years he worked at the laundromat on Stillwater Avenue. His murder in the predawn hours of June 26 left his friends stunned and saddened.
The suspect was wearing a driving cap, jacket and tie when he robbed the PNC Bank Monday afternoon, police said.
The suspect is described as a white man, approximately 5-foot-7, between 175 to 190 pounds with the word "Tension" tattooed on his neck.
Police are looking for a violent robbery suspect who has victimized four people in the Bronx from May 27 to July 12.
The suspect rode up an escalator inside the W. 125th St and Broadway station along the 1 and 9 line in Morningside Heights and held his cellphone under the victim's skirt. He also touched her thigh in the process, police said.
A manhunt in under way for the man who stabbed a 25-year-old woman walking on an Upper East Side sidewalk Tuesday.
Authorities said the 20-year-old victim had just exited the cab and entered the vestibule area of apartment building on 30th Street and 34th Avenue when the driver of that cab followed her.
The suspect tells the victims to stay put while he goes to check if the phone is stolen, police said. However, the suspect leaves and doesn't return, according to authorities.
The incident happened shortly before 1 a.m. when the department's anti-crime unit received information about a suspicious man with a firearm in front of 21 Mill Street.
For America's big cities: the people who are supposed to have, need to have, and claim to have all the answers simply don't have a clue.
It's not clear if the suspect was a U.S. Postal Service employee or if he was just wearing a uniform as a disguise.
The incident happened on June 23 at the New York City public library on Main Street in Flushing.
Authorities said that the two men approached two male victims -- ages 32 and 21 -- at gunpoint and demanded their property.
In each of the incidents, the suspect enters the establishment while displaying a firearm and removes cash and cartons of cigarettes before fleeing the scene.
A $12,000 reward has been offered for the information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspect.
The suspect entered the Venus Over Manhattan Art Gallery on June 19 and posed as a potential customer before swiping the $150,000 painting, authorities said.
The latest incident happened on Monday at 9:45 p.m. inside 1729 Lexington Ave. The suspects got away with money, a wallet and electronics.
Two men entered the Duane Reade at 100 Delancey St. and walked to the counter, where one of the men demanded money while the second suspect displayed a gun.
Bonilla allegedly knocked a 68-year-old Hempstead man down and kicked him the head and body. The victim suffers from dementia and Alzheimer's, police said, and has been in a coma since.
Police say Veronica Austin, 22, was driving her Chevrolet Trailblazer on Sunrise Highway North Service Road at around 11:15 p.m. last night when she crashed west of Pond Road.
Since Saturday, there have been three more break-ins on Oak Lane, Newark-Pompton Turnpike, and Nellis Drive.
Commuters and especially women were on edge at the Fort Hamilton Parkway subway station after police said a man sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl.
The two enhanced and very clear photos from the surveillance system has given police and the public hope that they'll soon catch the suspect.
On Tuesday, officers tried to stop the suspect who was wanted in an attempted robbery earlier in the day. The suspect fled and during the pursuit, authorities said the man fired at an officer three times.
The incident happened around 5:30 a.m. at the corner of Rockaway Beach Boulevard and Beach 91 Street. The suspect approached the woman, forced her to the ground and raped her, police said.
